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pycorax@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Things aren’t so cut and dry though, there’s a nuance to things. I use it to try a bunch of games without committing to a full purchase until I feel like it’s worth buying them. What about that is a trap?

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Minnels@lemmy.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
The trap is the money you have to spend when you could have played a demo instead. And the larger trap, that you have to use a Microsoft product to play it on.

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- ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Demos are rare today though. Not to mention some are outright misrepresenting the actual game. Spending some money to try a game without having to do a refund if you don’t like it is a reasonable value. As a PC player I would absolutely spend $15 bucks for a single month to try a few $40-60 games that I would likely purchase through steam after trying. I wouldn’t pay more than a single month at a time though, which also isn’t great for Microsoft.
  
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- pycorax@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  The trap is the money you have to spend when you could have played a demo instead.
  
  Few games have demos nowadays though unfortunately.
  
  And the larger trap, that you have to use a Microsoft product to play it on.
  
  I mean that’s not remotely even an issue if you’re already on Windows which most PC gamers already are.
  
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